Thesaurus results for GESTICULATE

gesticulate

verb

as in to gesture

to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way He was gesticulating wildly during his speech.

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Recent Examples of gesticulate The video, without sound, shows the three of them gesticulating at each other before the 13-year-old in red pants appears to charge David and stab him. —

Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026 And, besides, he could be seen bear-hugging his players, as well as those of Newcastle, within moments of being led away from Barrott, twice turning back to shout and angrily gesticulate in the referee’s direction. —

Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026 In preschool, he was given a wordless role as Farmer McGregor in a school production of Peter Rabbit and began hamming it up, counting the missing tomatoes and gesticulating at his nemesis rabbit. —

Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026 DiCaprio, who was speaking to a fellow attendee off camera, can be seen gesticulating animatedly during the conversation, pointing his finger several times and waving his hand in a lively manner. —

Edward Segarra, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gesticulate

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Gray shook his head in mock frustration and gestured at his phone as the call went to Johansson’s voicemail.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 16 May 2026
This likely created new evolutionary pressure for specialized hand use during tasks such as carrying objects, manipulating tools, or gesturing.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026